Ukrainian Catholic Church Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

A cynic or perhaps better said, a realist, could quite plausibly add that the capacity of the Church to validly celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage has been significantly compromised since the disintegration of the family unit in the Western World; ...

We all know the story of the prodigal son, (Luke 15:11-24) from the famous bible story. It’s actually a parable which Jesus himself told. As always Jesus’ stories always have a basis in reality, even in modern day reality, – ...

On Sunday 24th February 2019 North Melbourne Cathedral Parish will have 60 delegates from Ukraine, from the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), celebrating and praying with us at the 9.30 am Divine Liturgy. We encourage parishioners to wear their embroidered, Ukrainian ...

On Sunday 24th February, 2019, we will celebrate a Panachyda, after the morning Divine Liturgy for the repose of the souls of those who died 5 years ago in Kiev for the rights, freedom and democracy in Ukraine. For more ...

I want to speak today about the wisdom of the child – the beauty of innocence – the freshness of new life; a life that brings light unto the darkness too often found in the world. If I was to ...

We all know that violence is never the solution for our troubled world. There certainly are lots of problems around but starting wars in not the answer. Violence and wars lead to forced migrations, tremendous suffering, a waste of resources, ...

The world is oblivious to what is happening in Ukraine – Russia has been waging an undeclared war over the past 4 years since the Revolution of Dignity and the ousting of Russian backed President Victor Yanukovych. The Ukrainian army ...

After the creation of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and Constantinople’s abolition of the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church over the Ukrainian episcopate, the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church (UGCC) became the second largest and most influential Christian denomination ...

About 2,000 people came to our churches in Victoria during the Julian calendar, January 6, 7, 8, 9, to pray before the Nativity scene. This is despite the fact that Chritmas this year was during working days for many. Christmas ...

His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head and Father of the UGCC, by Decree, has convoked the VII session of the Patriarchal (All-Church) Council (“Sobor”) of the UGCC on the topic of “Emigration, Settlement and Global Unity of the UGCC,” to take place ...

Over 450 people attended CYM and Plast Camps over the Christmas holidays. There were three camps open this year. One Plast camp at Colo River, just outside of Sydney, where about 80 people attended. There was another Plast camp at ...